BRUCE ADLER

Bruce Adler was born in New York City and began performing at the age of three, following a family tradition started by his maternal grandparents and continued by his parents, Henrietta Jacobson and Julius Adler. He has starred in shows celebrating Yiddish theater and culture, such as Those Were the Days (1991), for which he earned a Drama Desk award and Tony nomination, as well as The Golden Land, On Second Avenue, Bagels and Lox, Raisins and Almonds, and Greetings , Sholom Aleichem Lives! with Theodore Bikel and Judy Kaye. He was also nominated for the 1992 Tony and Drama Desk awards for his role in the Gershwin musical Crazy for You.